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THE LANGUAGES OF PAO.

Vance, John Holbrook, writing as "Jack Vance."

New York: Avalon Books/Thomas Bouregy and Company, [1958]. Octavo, illustration by Ric Binkley, cloth. First edition. "The first full-scale use in SF of linguistics as a "hard" science." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-186. Some black stains to edges from old style asphaltic jacket protector (which many Avalon books were in for libraries), a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a mild fade to background ink of dust jacket and color fade to lettering, mild shelf wear to spine ends with a touch to corner tips. (9341). Item #9341

Price: $250.00